This quilt was made after a visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I took a photo of a 13th century stained glass window… it was small, about 15" square and I wondered if I could re-create it as a quilt. I enlarged my photo… Made a drawing of the original by putting…
Category: Quilting
Instruction sheet No 1.
INSTRUCTION NO 1. in pages on the right hand side of the blog.
Drawing No 1.
This is an experiment…. I sort of know how it's going to turn out, but then again !!! it could be a flop. I enlarged my pencil drawing to fit on an A3 size sheet. It's 11" square. I have a piece of high thread count cream moda fabric that hasn't been washed and I…
Page on Ideas
When I give a presentation I talk about threads and things, but it's hard for the participants to remember everything in that short time… so I've added a PDF page on the right hand side of the blog.
Textures…
I've been working on some new classes to teach students to create their own textures. hen the idea would be to quilt them….!!!! This is a project on creating some of the textures I've seen as I travel. Stones, fields from the sky, wrought Iron. Rivers, Gardens, Roads. This will be blown up to A3…
Selvedge
Now I have the time to go through those special things I purchased… I purchased several Selvedge magazines. They were back issues, but full of the most wondrous things to make and view. The booth captured my imagination it was just wonderful. It was draped with big printed pieces of fabric that I would have…
A day off today.
It's the first day for a long time that I've not been committed to the time of others and despite feeling tired it's 1.00 am and sleep eludes me. I decided to get up and set the alarm for an early start in the morning… then… I played on the computer… Keith and I wandered…
Quilt History.
I'm delighted to introduce this great magazine, QuiltmaniaIt has some very interesting articles and one in particular, Inlaid Patchwork in Europe from 1500 to present.I've been studying the technique for many years, it's quite a difficult technique.My quilt, 1776, Heartache, Heritage and Happiness, was re-created from an inlaid applique quilt made in 1776 in Prussia.
Responsibiity.
There’s a blank piece of paper in front of me and I want to share an experience, but I’m not too sure how to put it into words without sounding sanctimonious. But I’ll give it a go. Many of us are in a position of mentoring, sharing, teaching and professionally giving instruction. Over the past…
It’s not too difficult.
Kathy to be honest, it's not too hard or fancy…. you can draw on fabric the same way you draw on paper.These are the pens I use. They are pigment ink. The black was done with the uni pin .5 pigma pen. In the USA you can use a Zig pen…. you can buy them…